By Jon Walk, Lone Star Christian Sports Network
August 14, 2021
Less than a minute and six places between a senior and a freshman gave the host Incarnate Word Academy girls the win in their own 12th annual IWA Invitational at the Willow Waterhole Greenway Park on Saturday morning.
IWA, fifth at last year's TAPPS 6A state meet, held off The Woodlands Christian Academy, third in TAPPS 5A, by six points, 50 to 56, for the girls crown.
Duchesne Academy, Lutheran South Academy and St. Thomas Episcopal all battled it our for third with Duchesne taking third with 100 points with LSA and the Saints followed with 105 and 107, respectively.
Fourteen schools, all but one private, had runners in the girls varsity 3,200 meter race, while eight of those schools ran at least five runners to score as a team.
Spring Frassati Catholic senior Ashlyn Miller dominated the 58-competitor field with a 33-second win by posting a two-mile time of 12:23 -- a 27-second pick up from her 15th place overall finish at last November's TAPPS 5A state meet.
In doing so, she bested Houston Second Baptist sophomore Lauren Baker, who was second at the TAPPS 5A state meet and finished today in 12:56.
The Woodlands Christian Academy put four of its five scoring runners in the 11th to 17th overall places with sophomore Zoe Calimani and freshman Florence Shirley leading the way with marks of 13:58 and 14:02, respectively.
Sugar Land Fort Bend Christian Academy put a pair in the top five, including sophomore Kyra Whitman and senior Madeline Font, who were third and fifth, respectively, in 13:15 and 13:37.
Incarnate Word Academy was led by fourth place overall finisher Esperanza Vazquez, who rattled the Willow Waterhole course for a time of 13:17 - just two seconds behind Whitman.
Duchesne Academy freshman Averi Garrity was sixth in 13:46, while St. Thomas Episcopal put a pair and League City Bay Area Christian another in to round out the top ten.
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